A total of 75 teams entered the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Hosts Mexico and defending champions England qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
Tournament details | |
---|---|
Teams | 75 (from 6 confederations) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 172 |
Goals scored | 542 (3.15 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Tostão (10 goals) |
← 1966 1974 → |
For the first time, the winners of both the African zone and the Asian and Oceanian zone were guaranteed a direct place in the final tournament. The 16 spots available in the 1970 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
- Europe (UEFA): 9 places, 1 of them went to automatic qualifier England, while the other 8 places were contested by 29 teams.
- South America (CONMEBOL): 3 places, contested by 10 teams.
- North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF): 2 places, 1 of them went to automatic qualifier Mexico, while the other 1 place was contested by 13 teams.
- Africa (CAF): 1 place, contested by 13 teams. (13 teams applied, but FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire, leaving 11 teams. A 14th team from Africa, Rhodesia, entered through a non-CAF qualifying system.)
- Asia and Oceania (AFC/OFC): 1 place, contested by 7 teams (including Rhodesia).
A total of 68 teams played in at least one qualifying match. A total of 172 qualifying matches were played, and 542 goals were scored (an average of 3.15 per match).
Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.
Key:
- Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.
- Teams highlighted in red in the same table finished level on points and advanced to a play-off on neutral ground.
Qualified teams
Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Streak | Previous best performance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mexico | Hosts | 8 October 1964 | 7th | 6 | Group Stage (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966) |
England | Defending Champions | 30 July 1966 | 6th | 6 | Winners (1966) |
Belgium | (UEFA Group 6) Winners | 30 April 1969 | 5th | 1 (Last: 1954) | Group Stage (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954) |
Uruguay | CONMEBOL Group 3 Winners | 10 August 1969 | 6th | 3 | Winners (1930, 1950) |
Brazil | CONMEBOL Group 2 Winners | 24 August 1969 | 9th | 9 | Winners (1958, 1962) |
Peru | CONMEBOL Group 1 Winners | 31 August 1969 | 2nd | 1 (Last: 1930) | Group Stage (1930) |
El Salvador | CONCACAF Winners | 8 October 1969 | 1st | 1 | – |
Sweden | (UEFA Group 5) Winners | 15 October 1969 | 5th | 1 (Last: 1958) | Runners-Up (1958) |
West Germany | (UEFA Group 7) Winners | 22 October 1969 | 7th | 5 | Winners (1954) |
Morocco | CAF Winners | 26 October 1969 | 1st | 1 | – |
Soviet Union | (UEFA Group 4) Winners | 4 November 1969 | 4th | 4 | Fourth Place (1966) |
Romania | (UEFA Group 1) Winners | 16 November 1969 | 4th | 1 (Last: 1938) | Group Stage (1930, 1934, 1938) |
Italy | (UEFA Group 3) Winners | 22 November 1969 | 7th | 3 | Winners (1934, 1938) |
Czechoslovakia | (UEFA Group 2) Winners | 3 December 1969 | 6th | 1 (Last: 1962) | Runners-Up (1934, 1962) |
Bulgaria | (UEFA Group 8) Winners | 7 December 1969 | 3rd | 3 | Group Stage (1962, 1966) |
Israel | AFC/OFC Winners | 14 December 1969 | 1st | 1 | – |
Confederation qualification
AFC and OFC
North Korea withdrew because they refused to play Israel. There would be three rounds of play:
- First Round: Israel, New Zealand and Rhodesia received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 3 teams, Australia, Japan and South Korea, played against each other twice in South Korea. The group winner would advance to the Second Round.
- Second Round: The 4 teams were divided into 2 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other twice. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.
First round
Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Australia | 4 | 6 |
2 | South Korea | 4 | 4 |
3 | Japan | 4 | 2 |
Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Israel | 2 | 3 |
2 | Australia | 2 | 1 |
Second round
(Group 1) | (Group 2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: []
Source: RSSSF |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: []
Source: RSSSF |
Final round
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
2 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
CAF
FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire. There would be three rounds of play:
- First Round: Ghana received a bye and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners (determined by aggregate score) would advance to the Second Round.
- Second Round: The 6 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zambia | 6–6 | Sudan | 4–2 | 2–4 (aet) | |
Morocco | 4–2 | Senegal | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
Algeria | 1–2 | Tunisia | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
Nigeria | 4–3 | Cameroon | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
Libya | 3–5 | Ethiopia | 2–0 | 1–5 | |
Ghana | Bye |
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tunisia | 2–2 | Morocco | 0–0 | 0–0 (aet) | 2–2 (aet) |
Ethiopia | 2–4 | Sudan | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
Nigeria | 3–2 | Ghana | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Final round
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Morocco | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
2 | Nigeria | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 |
3 | Sudan | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 |
Morocco qualified.
CONCACAF
FIFA rejected the entry of Cuba. There would be three rounds of play:
- First Round: The remaining 12 teams were divided into 4 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Semifinal Round.
- Semifinal Round: The 4 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.
First round
Group 1
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 |
2 | Canada | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 |
3 | Bermuda | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 |
Group 2
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Haiti | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 |
2 | Guatemala | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 |
Group 3
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Honduras | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
2 | Costa Rica | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
3 | Jamaica | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 |
Group 4
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | El Salvador | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
2 | Suriname | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
3 | Netherlands Antilles | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 |
Second round
Group 1
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Haiti | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
2 | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 |
Group 2
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1= | El Salvador | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
1= | Honduras | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
Play-off
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | El Salvador | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
2 | Honduras | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 |
Third round
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1= | Haiti | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
1= | El Salvador | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
Play-off
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | El Salvador | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
2 | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
CONMEBOL
The 10 teams were divided into 3 groups; two groups with 3 teams and one group with 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
Group 1
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Peru | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
2 | Bolivia | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 |
3 | Argentina | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
Group 2
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brazil | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | +21 |
2 | Paraguay | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 |
3 | Colombia | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 |
4 | Venezuela | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | −17 |
Group 3
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Uruguay | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 |
2 | Chile | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
3 | Ecuador | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 |
UEFA
(30 teams competing for 8 berths)
FIFA rejected the entry of Albania. The remaining 29 teams were divided into 8 groups, 3 groups with 3 teams and 5 groups with 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
(Group 1)
| (Group 2)
| (Group 3)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Group 4)
| (Group 5)
| (Group 6)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Group 7)
| (Group 8)
|
Goalscorers
- 10 goals
- 9 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Jairzinho
- Karol Jokl
- Ole Sørensen
- Arto Tolsa
- Hervé Revelli
- Vasilis Botinos
- Giorgos Sideris
- Guy François
- Antal Dunai
- Mordechai Spiegler
- Houmane Jarir
- Ola Dybwad-Olsen
- Eusébio
- Florea Dumitrache
- Alan Gilzean
- José Eulogio Gárate
- Peter Millar
- Willy Roy
- Wolfgang Overath
- Vahidin Musemić
- Slaven Zambata
- Emment Kapengwe
- 2 goals
- Rafael Albrecht
- Ray Baartz
- Johnny Watkiss
- Wilfried Puis
- Eduardo Antunes Coimbra
- Dinko Dermendzhiev
- Ralph McPate
- Nick Papadakis
- Tibor Vigh
- Adolfo Olivares
- Francisco Valdéz
- Jaime González
- Vladimír Hagara
- Ladislav Kuna
- Andrej Kvašňák
- Wolfram Löwe
- Eberhard Vogel
- Elmer Acevedo
- Víctor Azúcar
- Juan Francisco Barraza
- José Quintanilla
- Tommy Lindholm
- Jean-Claude Bras
- Giorgos Dedes
- Lajos Kocsis
- Don Givens
- Yehoshua Feigenbaum
- Giora Spiegel
- Sandro Mazzola
- Teruki Miyamoto
- Johny Léonard
- Mohammed El Filali
- Theo Pahlplatz
- Mohammed Lawal
- Olumuyiwa Oshode
- Terry Harkin
- Saturnino Arrúa
- Oswaldo Ramírez
- Jacinto Santos
- Bobby Chalmers
- Bobby Murdoch
- Park Soo-il
- Kakhi Asatiani
- Volodymyr Muntyan
- Givi Nodia
- Amancio Amaro
- Nasr El-Din Abbas
- Ali Gagarin
- Jules Lagadeau
- Roy Vanenburg
- Bo Larsson
- Fritz Künzli
- Georges Vuilleumier
- Gerry Baker
- Helmut Haller
- Josip Bukal
- Metodije Spasovski
- 1 goal
- Boualem Amirouche
- Alberto Rendo
- Aníbal Tarabini
- Willie Rutherford
- Johnny Warren
- Wilhelm Kreuz
- Helmut Siber
- August Starek
- Léon Semmeling
- Clyde Best
- Ramiro Blacut
- Juan Américo Díaz
- Rivellino
- Dimitar Penev
- Dimitar Yakimov
- Norbert Owona
- Norman Patterson
- Sergio Zanatta
- Jorge Ramírez Gallego
- Javier Tamayo
- Leonel Hernández
- Roy Sáenz
- Dušan Kabát
- František Veselý
- Bent Jensen
- Ulrik Le Fevre
- Ole Madsen
- Henning Frenzel
- Hans-Jürgen Kreische
- Peter Rock
- Félix Lasso
- Mauricio Ernesto González
- Mauricio Alonso Rodríguez
- Mengistu Worku
- Jean Djorkaeff
- Mimis Domazos
- Giorgos Koudas
- Mimis Papaioannou
- Nelson Melgar
- David Stokes
- Claude Barthélemy
- Jean-Claude Désir
- Philippe Vorbe
- José Cardona
- Flórián Albert
- János Farkas
- László Fazekas
- Lajos Puskás
- Lajos Szűcs
- Eamonn Rogers
- Angelo Domenghini
- Lascelles Dunkley
- Yasuyuki Kuwahara
- Masashi Watanabe
- Ahmed Ben Soed
- Josy Kirchens
- Paul Philipp
- Hassan Akesbi
- Driss Bamous
- Boujemaa Benkhrif
- Ahmed Faras
- Moulay Khanousi
- Johan Cruyff
- Dick van Dijk
- Willem van Hanegem
- Wim Jansen
- Sjaak Roggeveen
- Wietse Veenstra
- Henk Wery
- Joseph Aghoghovbia
- Peter Anieke
- Sam Garba
- Augustine Ofuokwu
- Samuel Opone
- George Best
- Derek Dougan
- Eric McMordie
- Jimmy Nicholson
- Odd Iversen
- Alcides Sosa
- Roberto Chale
- Luis Cruzado
- Teófilo Cubillas
- Alberto Gallardo
- Pedro Pablo León
- Bronisław Bula
- Jerzy Wilim
wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games, mobile, phone, android, ios, apple, mobile phone, samsung, iphone, xiomi, xiaomi, redmi, honor, oppo, nokia, sonya, mi, pc, web, computer